Cast
- Queen Elsa
- Jenny Truran
- Tanz Platz
- George Preston
- Roseliese
- Pam Andrews
- Hilda von Metwurz
- George Salter
- Konrad
- Michael Wright
- Teresa
- June Andrews
- Lotte
- Christine Preston
- Herald
- Robert John
- Willi
- Elizabeth Perraton
- Hans
- Eric Burrows
- Kurti
- Russel Chulke
- Adelaide
- Harry Westcott
- Falada (a Horse)
- John Salter
- Elf Queen
- June Andrews
- Franz
- Reg Wright
- Queen's Servants
- Jean Uren, Ruth Dodd, Margaret O'Shea, Inez Smeeth, Joan Deedes, Mary O'Shea
- Pupils, Cooks, Gardeners
- Rosalie Smeeth, Nellie Francis, Alma Preston, Nano O'Connell
- Ghosts
- Ruby Mortimore, Evie Hard, Rosalie Smeeth
- Village Girls
- Rosemary Watts, Betty Mortimore
- Chorus
- Janet Dodd, Sarah Deedes, Suzanne Chandler, Jonquil Deedes, Patsy Grigg, Pam Moores, Joyce Hughes, Daphne Hughes, Paula Hannaford, Dorothy Hall, Pam Smith, Melba Hard, Sylvia Mason, Pauline Steer, Muriel Steer, Diane Wright, Inez Smeeth, Dolores Trundle, Kay Trundle, Barbara Pocklington, Ann Watts
- Pantaloon
- George Preston
- Clown
- Joan Deedes
- Harlequin
- Sheila Winzer
- Columbine
- Pam Andrews
The Harlequinade
Programme
Gallery
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- The Dame’s School: ‘Headmistress’ George Salter gives a lesson on the ant-eater in ‘The Goose Girl’. Among ‘her’pupils are Rosalie Smeeth, Nellie Francis, Alma Preston and Nana O’Connell.
Reviews and Cuttings
A too-clever pantomime
By our Drama Critic
Last week the South Brent Dramatic Society presented “The Goose Girl,” an original pantomime by Hugh and Ann Butler.
At Christmas time the producers of many amateur companies put on red noses for pantomime, not realising that red noses need as much study and discipline to maintain as the black cap of tragedy or the big boots of farce. The mistake the South Brent company made was in choosing to present a locally-written pantomime.
Pantomime writers deal in a very specialised trade: Mr Hewitt Butler’s script is far too clever, far too logical, for pantomime. Occasionally the right note was hit; but on the whole it is safer to get hold of a genuine script– they are cheap enough.
Better still to present a Christmas play (one, perhaps, of Nicholas Stuart Gray’s), Especially as South Brent has the talent to do so. Jennifer Truran, George Preston, George Salter, Christine Preston, Elizabeth Perraton, and Harry Westcott all did admirably within their limitations in last week’s entertainment.
There were some pleasant tunes by Mrs Butler and the costumes (by Miss Joan Deedes) were bright and cheerful.